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            <title><![CDATA[Uefa wants Arsène Wenger to challenge Gianni Infantino for FIFA presidency, reports say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger is reportedly Uefa’s leading candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino in the upcoming FIFA presidential election. A decision is expected within days, according to The Athletic.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kozo Tashima Enters FIFA Presidential Race to Test Federation’s Integrity]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kozo Tashima says he is running in the FIFA election to test the federation’s integrity. “I see this as a test of whether FIFA can clean up its own ranks.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan FA president Kozo Tashima plans to challenge Infantino for FIFA presidency, says he has full support]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kozo Tashima, president of the Japan Football Association, wants to challenge Gianni Infantino in the race for the FIFA presidency, The Guardian reports. “I have the full support of the Japanese federation,” Tashima tells Sports Nippon.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Midterm Election Setback Could Put FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Hot Seat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The setback for US President Donald Trump in the midterm elections could create a headache for Gianni Infantino. The FIFA president may have to testify before the Judiciary Committee.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fifa Officials Can Review World Cup Investment Documents, but Only in Zurich]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fifa board members will be given access to documents linked to plans to sell shares in the World Cup, NTB and Reuters have learned. But they will have to travel to Zurich to read them, The Times reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA’s World Cup ticket revenue reportedly reached 50 billion kronor, five times Qatar 2022 total]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The high ticket prices for this summer’s World Cup drew heavy criticism. But FIFA can laugh all the way to the bank. According to The Times, ticket revenue totaled 50 billion kronor.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Takeshi Okada Quits Japan Football Association Role Over AFC Support for Infantino]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Takeshi Okada is stepping down as vice-president of the Japan Football Association in protest at the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) support for the re-election of scandal-plagued FIFA president Gianni Infantino.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:29:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prince Ali Faces AFC Investigation After Criticizing FIFA President Gianni Infantino]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prince Ali, president of the Jordanian Football Association, has criticized FIFA president Gianni Infantino. The prince could face disciplinary action - the Asian Football Confederation has launched an investigation into him.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:38:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infantino Defends His FIFA Support, Says Majority Opinion Must Be Respected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA President Gianni Infantino laughs off a question about whether he has considered resigning. In a rare interview, the Swiss says he has strong support among football associations. “We must respect the opinions of the vast majority,” he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UEFA Demands Answers From FIFA on Infantino, Trump Influence and World Cup Issues in Letter]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In an eight-page letter, Uefa demands answers from Fifa on a range of issues, including alleged abuse of power, Donald Trump’s influence and excessively long half-time breaks at the World Cup. The letter contains 42 points - here are some of them.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Times Apologizes to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Withdraws Report Claims]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Times reported that Gianni Infantino received undisclosed payments from FIFA and was able to buy a property in Miami at a suspiciously low price. The newspaper has now apologized to the scandal-plagued FIFA president.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:35:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uefa gives Fifa November 2 deadline to answer questions about Infantino’s scrapped World Cup investment plan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[By November 2, Uefa wants key documents from Fifa about president Gianni Infantino’s heavily criticized plans to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, which were later scrapped, the BBC reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:04:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infantino Proposes $24 Million for Each FIFA Member Federation in New Funding Plan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Questioned Fifa boss Gianni Infantino wants the 211 member associations to receive 250 million kronor (about $24 million) each in the future. The Swiss proposes a new fund of around 64.5 billion kronor (about $6.1 billion) for the period 2027–2030.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:33:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infantino Apologizes to FIFA Board Over Scrapped World Cup Investment Plan, but Critics Remain Unconvinced]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For three and a half hours, FIFA President Gianni Infantino was grilled by his fellow board members. They were not satisfied with his answers. “Nothing has changed,” says Debbie Hewitt, chair of the English Football Association.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:44:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA to Review Automatic Red-Card Suspensions After Balogun World Cup Controversy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA is to review whether automatic suspensions for red cards can be overturned, following the high-profile Balogun controversy at the World Cup.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA Proposes $6.35 Billion Football Development Fund for 2027-30]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA is proposing a new billion-dollar fund to develop football, according to documents obtained by the AP.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino Received $1.76 Million in Secret 2024 World Cup Payments, Report Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has been embroiled in scandals, has had his salary doubled, according to an investigation by the British newspaper The Times, Aftonbladet reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[All 54 African Football Associations Back Infantino’s Bid for Another Term as FIFA President]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[All 54 member countries of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) support Gianni Infantino’s bid for a new four-year term as president of FIFA.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:37:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Switzerland defender Ramon Vega plans to challenge Gianni Infantino for FIFA presidency]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Here is the first outspoken challenger to scandal-plagued Gianni Infantino for the job of president of the International Football Association Board (FIFA). Compatriot Ramon Vega, a former Swiss national team player.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A rival candidate to FIFA’s scandal-plagued president, Gianni Infantino, will soon have to emerge. Most likely, the challenger will not come from Europe. It would be an advantage, and easier to put forward a candidate who is not European, says Simon Åström, chairman of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Norwegian Football Association wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino investigated for possible conflicts of interest and abuse of power. US President Donald Trump is the common denominator in the three cases, Norway’s Lise Klaveness told The Times.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:36:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swiss FA withdraws support for Gianni Infantino’s FIFA re-election bid]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[FIFA President Gianni Infantino cannot count on support from home in next year’s presidential election. The Swiss Football Association (SFV) will not back the 56-year-old Swiss in the election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nasser al-Khelaifi rules out challenge to Gianni Infantino for FIFA presidency]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He has been put forward as a possible challenger to Gianni Infantino, but Nasser al-Khelaifi, chairman of French giants Paris Saint-Germain, says no. "I have zero interest in FIFA, no agenda and no ambition to be there," he says at a press conference in Copenhagen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The international football federation Fifa accuses Uefa of a disinformation campaign and of trying to influence the next Fifa presidential election, Reuters reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:08:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infantino open to major funding increase for FIFA member nations]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[International Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino is open to a significant increase in funding for FIFA’s 211 member nations.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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